EMPLOYMENT IN THE KHADI SECTOR

YEAR	COTTON	WOOLLEN	SILK	TOTAL
1980-81	9.72	1.80	0.54	12.06
1981-82	10.22	1.92	0.59	12.73
1982-83	10.97	2.04	0.60	13.61
1983-84	10.84	2.13	0.62	13.59
1984-85	10.19	2.20	0.66	13.05
1985-86	10.49	2.32	0.66	13.47
1986-87	10.79	2.43	0.66	13.88
1987-88	11.12	2.24	0.78	14.14
1988-89	10.76	2.51	0.77	14.04
1989-90	10.89	2.53	0.70	14.12
1990-91	10.96	2.50	0.69	14.15
1991-92	11.00	2.52	0.68	14.20
1992-93	11.06	2.53	0.69	14.28
1993-94	10.71	2.51	0.65	13.87
1994-95	10.30	2.21	0.68	13.19
1995-96	10.90	2.29	0.78	13.97
1996-97	11.47	2.49	0.83	14.79
1997-98	10.89	2.36	0.76	14.01
1998-99	10.72	2.28	0.85	13.85
1999-00	9.42	2.04	0.89	12.35
2000-01	6.95	1.87	0.74	9.56
2001-02	6.43	1.31	0.74	8.48
2002-03	6.45	1.36	0.77	8.58
2003-04	6.45	1.34	0.82	8.61
2004-05	6.47	1.35	0.82	8.64
2005-06	6.53	1.34	0.81	8.68
2006-07	6.58	1.38	0.88	8.84
2007-08	6.09	2.12	0.95	9.16
2008-09	6.29	2.23	0.98	9.50
2009-10(P)	6.56	2.2	1.05	9.81

Scale : in lakhs
Note:From 2003-04 onwards employment in the Muslin Khadi segment is included in Cotton Khadi Segment
P:Provisional
Source: Khadi & Village Industries Commission, GOI
Information compiled by M Sabesh, CICR